2. So Joab sent to Tekoa and took from there a wise woman, and he said to her, “Please pretend to mourn and put on garments of mourning. You should not anoint yourself with oil, and you must act like this woman who has been mourning over the dead for a long time.
3. Then you must go to the king and speak to him according to this word.” Thus Joab put the words in her mouth.
4. So the Tekoite woman spoke to the king, and she fell on her face to the ground and did obeisance. She said, “Help me, O king!”
5. Then the king asked her, “What do you want?” And she said, “Truly I am a widow, and my husband is dead.
6. Your servant had two sons, and they both fought in the open field, and there was no one to part them. One struck the other and killed him.